ALAT EXAMINATION SET QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Until young birds are able to grow their feathers they need a special heated cage
called? - ✔✔Brooder
✔✔_____ is a necessary component of all bird diets, and should be made available ad
libitum. - ✔✔Grit
✔✔_______ should be available for passerines and psittacines to allow for proper beak
maintenance. - ✔✔Cuttlebone
✔✔The procurement, transport, possession, and treatment of wild birds and their eggs
are governed by state and federal regulations.
a)False
b)True - ✔✔b)True
✔✔What does a gizzard do?
a)It slows down the production of urine and feces
b)It grinds up food prior to digestion
c)It helps produce antibodies for crop milk
d)It regulates the release of the egg from the ovary - ✔✔b)It grinds up food prior to
digestion
✔✔Which gland is used by birds to waterproof their feathers?
a)Ventral marking gland
b)Magnum gland
c)Uropygial gland
d)Flank organ - ✔✔c)Uropygial gland
, ✔✔Where should a perch be located in a bird's cage?
a)Near the cage door
b)Close to the feed dish
c)As high as possible
d)Away from feed and water - ✔✔d)Away from feed and water
✔✔Which agency would NOT be involved with regulating the use of wild birds in
research?
a)US Food and Drug Administration
b)US Fish and Wildlife Service
c)State Natural Resources department
d)State Fish and Game department - ✔✔a)US Food and Drug Administration
✔✔What makes parrots harder to handle than other birds?
a)The parrot must always be carried upside down.
b)The parrot can only be handled when caught with a net.
c)Parrots will quickly learn how to avoid capture.
d)Parrots have a tendency to bite, so the head must be restrained - ✔✔d)Parrots have a
tendency to bite, so the head must be restrained
✔✔The body temperature in birds is __________ most mammals
a)lower than
b)quite variable compared to
c)about the same as
d)higher than - ✔✔d)higher than
✔✔Rana catesbeiana - ✔✔Bullfrog
✔✔Rana pipiens - ✔✔Leopard frog
✔✔Xenopus laevis - ✔✔African clawed frog
✔✔Xenopus tropicalis - ✔✔Western Clawed Frog
✔✔Ambystoma tigrinum - ✔✔Tiger Salamander
✔✔Ambystoma mexicanum - ✔✔Axolotl
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Until young birds are able to grow their feathers they need a special heated cage
called? - ✔✔Brooder
✔✔_____ is a necessary component of all bird diets, and should be made available ad
libitum. - ✔✔Grit
✔✔_______ should be available for passerines and psittacines to allow for proper beak
maintenance. - ✔✔Cuttlebone
✔✔The procurement, transport, possession, and treatment of wild birds and their eggs
are governed by state and federal regulations.
a)False
b)True - ✔✔b)True
✔✔What does a gizzard do?
a)It slows down the production of urine and feces
b)It grinds up food prior to digestion
c)It helps produce antibodies for crop milk
d)It regulates the release of the egg from the ovary - ✔✔b)It grinds up food prior to
digestion
✔✔Which gland is used by birds to waterproof their feathers?
a)Ventral marking gland
b)Magnum gland
c)Uropygial gland
d)Flank organ - ✔✔c)Uropygial gland
, ✔✔Where should a perch be located in a bird's cage?
a)Near the cage door
b)Close to the feed dish
c)As high as possible
d)Away from feed and water - ✔✔d)Away from feed and water
✔✔Which agency would NOT be involved with regulating the use of wild birds in
research?
a)US Food and Drug Administration
b)US Fish and Wildlife Service
c)State Natural Resources department
d)State Fish and Game department - ✔✔a)US Food and Drug Administration
✔✔What makes parrots harder to handle than other birds?
a)The parrot must always be carried upside down.
b)The parrot can only be handled when caught with a net.
c)Parrots will quickly learn how to avoid capture.
d)Parrots have a tendency to bite, so the head must be restrained - ✔✔d)Parrots have a
tendency to bite, so the head must be restrained
✔✔The body temperature in birds is __________ most mammals
a)lower than
b)quite variable compared to
c)about the same as
d)higher than - ✔✔d)higher than
✔✔Rana catesbeiana - ✔✔Bullfrog
✔✔Rana pipiens - ✔✔Leopard frog
✔✔Xenopus laevis - ✔✔African clawed frog
✔✔Xenopus tropicalis - ✔✔Western Clawed Frog
✔✔Ambystoma tigrinum - ✔✔Tiger Salamander
✔✔Ambystoma mexicanum - ✔✔Axolotl
